EPISODE #9 Right vision

Devotions & Word-Spirations with LaShanda Lewis

Right vision for the right now season.

A few weeks ago I had to send my glasses back into the vision place to go some anti-reflective coating (glare isn’t cute for selfies lol) so because I sent in my new glasses I had to use my old glasses for about a week and a half ago. Now my old glasses are super cute and stylish BUT these glasses were old and neglected care. I had so many dents and scratches on the lenses I literally couldn’t see clearly. So I’m wearing my old glasses and because of the condition of the way my lenses were, my eyes had to readjust to seeing out of them which was nearly impossible! My week consisted of me complaining to everyone I could find (which was alot of just my family because of this quarantine) of a lack of (obstructed, distracted) vision and lack of clarity I was experiencing.

I recognize the old way I was seeing will not work with this new prescription I had with my new glasses.

In 2 Samuel we read many stories about David being a mighty warrior and King and all the battles he won. We hear a lot that david is a man after Gods own heart I think that one of those reasons is he stayed in the posture of seeking God for vision for his next steps. In the many battles, he fought and won, each strategy was different for each battle. (2 Samuel 8:14)

I love when God does this! He uses your everyday experiences to teach you biblical lessons and this was eye opening for me. To remember this was a new season for many of us and it’s challenging on what to focus on and what to do with what is in our laps.

Honestly, with all this free time in quarantine, I feel like a fire for the things of God has been reignited inside of me that just gets stronger each day. Having recently come out of a level of spiritual processing, I had tried to use the same strategies from the past into this new way of thinking.

I could feel heavily that God was saying that the old way of seeing and operating wasn’t going to work or sustain me in this season. I feel this strongly for many of us. Have you seen those baby toys with the box with the cutout shapes and you have to match each shape with the hole in the box? That’s what I found myself doing. I believe many of us have tried this in one area or another in our lives. But God wants you to know that He is calling you to seek Him in a greater way at a greater level at every step so he can give you clarity for the next season.

Pray this with me:

Father, thank you for speaking to me today help me to renew my mind and to get in right alignment with you and your purpose for me in this season. Keep my mind steady and my gaze focused. Thank you for the right vision in this season as I keep my mind stayed on you. amen.

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